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Libyan no-fly zone

Military intervention in Libya
Part of the Libyan Civil War
Coalition action against Libya-en.svg
The no-fly zone over Libya as well as bases and warships which were involved in the intervention
Date 19 March – 31 October 2011
(7 months, 1 week and 5 days)
Location Libya
Result Decisive NATO victory
Belligerents

States enforcing UNSC Resolution 1973:


 NATO

 Jordan
 Qatar
 Sweden

 United Arab Emirates

 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya:


Commanders and leaders

Opération Harmattan
France Nicolas Sarkozy
France Alain Juppé
France Adm. Édouard Guillaud
Operation Ellamy
United Kingdom David Cameron
United Kingdom Dr Liam Fox
United Kingdom Gen. David Richards
Operation Mobile
Canada Stephen Harper
Canada Peter MacKay
Canada Lt. Gen. André Deschamps
Operation Odyssey Dawn
United States Barack H. Obama
United States Hillary R. Clinton
United States Robert Gates
United States Gen. Carter Ham
Italy Silvio Berlusconi
Italy Ignazio La Russa
Italy Gen. Claudio Graziano
Operation Unified Protector
NATO Anders Fogh Rasmussen
United States Adm. James G. Stavridis
Canada LtGen. Charles Bouchard
United States LtGen. Ralph Jodice

Italy VAdm. Rinaldo Veri

Libya Muammar Gaddafi  

Libya Saif al-Islam Gaddafi
(captured 19 November)
Libya Khamis Gaddafi  
Libya Al-Saadi Gaddafi
Libya Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr  


Casualties and losses
United Kingdom 1 airman killed in traffic accident in Italy
United States 1 USN MQ-8 shot down
Netherlands 3 Dutch Naval Aviators captured (later released)
Netherlands 1 Royal Netherlands Navy Lynx captured
United States 1 USAF F-15E crashed (Mechanical failure)
United Arab Emirates 1 UAEAF F-16 damaged upon landing

Libya 5,900 military targets including

  • 600 tanks or armored vehicles
  • 400 artillery or rocket launchers

Libya Unknown number of soldiers killed or wounded (NATO claim)
72 civilians killed
40 civilians killed in Tripoli (Vatican claim)
The US military claimed it had no knowledge of civilian casualties.

States enforcing UNSC Resolution 1973:

 NATO

 Jordan
 Qatar
 Sweden

 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya:

Opération Harmattan
France Nicolas Sarkozy
France Alain Juppé
France Adm. Édouard Guillaud
Operation Ellamy
United Kingdom David Cameron
United Kingdom Dr Liam Fox
United Kingdom Gen. David Richards
Operation Mobile
Canada Stephen Harper
Canada Peter MacKay
Canada Lt. Gen. André Deschamps
Operation Odyssey Dawn
United States Barack H. Obama
United States Hillary R. Clinton
United States Robert Gates
United States Gen. Carter Ham
Italy Silvio Berlusconi
Italy Ignazio La Russa
Italy Gen. Claudio Graziano
Operation Unified Protector
NATO Anders Fogh Rasmussen
United States Adm. James G. Stavridis
Canada LtGen. Charles Bouchard
United States LtGen. Ralph Jodice


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